Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly profiting from a cryptocurrency app? Were 23andMe right to blame their users after a data breach? And Indian men have hard feelings after falling for a money-for-sex scam.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Host Unknown’s Thom Langford.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Hosts:

Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault

Guest:

Thom Langford – @thomlangford

Episode links:

• What Rishi Sunak gets up to over Christmas… – YouTube.
• Boris Johnson’s Love Actually parody (Conservative Party election broadcast) – YouTube.
• UK’s Rishi Sunak becomes richest ever occupant of Number 10 – Reuters.
• Over 100 Deep-Faked Rishi Sunak Ads Found on Meta’s Platform – Fenimore Harper Communications.
• Slew of deepfake video adverts of Sunak on Facebook raises alarm over AI risk to election – The Guardian.
• 23andMe Blames User “Negligence” for Data Breach – Infosecurity Magazine.
• All India Pregnant Job service: Indian men conned by ‘impregnating women’ scam – BBC News.
• World War II: From the Frontlines – Netflix.
• Spintronics – Upper Story.
• Reacher – Amazon Prime.
• The Trust – Netflix.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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Thanks:

Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

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